Intravenous immunoglobulins in peripheral neuropathy associated with vasculitis

Intravenous immunoglobulins in peripheral neuropathy associated with vasculitis.

BACKGROUND Peripheral neuropathy is a prominent feature of the systemic and secondary vasculitides. Usually, it is responsive to corticosteroids, but in certain cases it may be resistant to corticosteroid or immunosuppressive treatment, or both. OBJECTIVE To present patients who exhibited various inflammatory diseases accompanied with vasculitic peripheral neuropathies for which intravenous i...

Peripheral neuropathy in hypereosinophilic syndrome with vasculitis.

A 53-year-old woman with non-productive cough of unexplained aetiology for two years, developed a sub-acute symmetrical polyneuropathy involving all four limbs, accompanied by fever, cutaneous rash and myalgia in lower limbs. Laboratory studies revealed a leukocytosis with 70% eosinophils and excluded any cause for the hypereosinophilia. An echocardiogram showed increase in thickness of the atr...

Peripheral neuropathy in ANCA-associated vasculitis: outcomes from the European Vasculitis Study Group trials.

OBJECTIVES To describe the incidence and prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV); to evaluate the correlation of neuropathy with other clinical manifestations; and to review the long-term outcome of treated neuropathy. METHODS Presence of neuropathy was determined using items from the BVAS and vasculitis damage index (VDI) during 5 years from enrollment into cl...

Ischemic Neuropathy Associated with Livedoid Vasculitis

BACKGROUND Livedoid vasculitis is a chronic dermatological problem with an unclear etiology. Clinical findings are petechiae with painful ulcers in both lower extremities, which heal to become hyperpigmented and porcelain-white satellite lesions. There are only a few reported cases of livedoid vasculitis presenting in combination with peripheral neuropathy. CASE REPORT We report the first cas...

Retinal vasculitis and uveitis--an adverse reaction to intravenous immunoglobulins?